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Snail
Volume 1, entries 2305–2306. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 2305
It's a good many times in turnin' work - dere's good many times dat chew wants tuh take an' turn it on a man, if he's very smart an' industrious an' yo' wanta put him slowful [not slothful] where he'll lose out on a job or anywhere, any way, form or fashion. Yo' takes de snail an' yo' put 'im into a halfa pint of watah, an' de road dat dis fellah got'a walk, yo' sprinkle dat watah 'long dere fo' nine mawnin's, "In de Name of de Father, de Son an' de Holy Ghost," an' he'll git so slow - slowful.
Entry 2306
Yo' take a snail now. Regardless to how a person is, dey tell me if a person is fast an' as pert as dey wants tuh be, yo' kin take a snail. Yo' kin take a snail an' take 'im an' rub it on anything - yo' kin rub it on corn dat be on yo' feet or a bunion or anything. If you do dat it will care [carry] it off.
(What about rubbing that snail on a person that is fast?)
Well, yo' take it an' yo' rub it on a person dat's fast, jes' rub it nine times on a person. It'll git dem to de place where he jes' kin mope along - he can't go, he jes' be draggin'. People might say, "Well, ah wonder what ails So- an'-so," say, "he used to be jes' as fast, an' now he can't hardly git along." Well, dey don't know. It's someone dey done got a snail on him - dat's whut chew cail puttin' a snail on him.